Destroyed by the Allied bombing and ensuing firestorm during the Second World War, Dresden has risen like a phoenix and has regained her beauty.

Enduring threats of torture and rape, Mexican journalist Lydia Cacho Ribeiro uncovered child prostitution and trafficking in Cancun - a favorite vacation resort with sordid shadows. Her book "The Demons of Eden" tells all.

Riots have ensued in Uganda where authorities have refused the leader of the largest ethnic group, the Baganda, to travel freely. A eyewitness tells of shootings and mayhem.

East and central equatorial Africa must be one of the most beautiful places in the world.

Hong Kong reports two deaths and 321 new infections in one day; one in Macao. Beijing produces vaccine that WHO says is "encouraging". Since the beginning of Ramadan, no victims at Mecca and Medina.

Bishop Lucilius Quiambao protests against the project for a giant shopping mall in Albay, south of Manila, which includes a casino. For the bishop it will "destroy the moral fiber of our community."